... v I - ?? . .frioiltal,;.i .,at fg., ., , .. I - 6: .; m. : ITALY, PAST, PRESENT, 'AID rF TURp. - - C.To L W Words that made the bold fear, Uatdeied in the old year, *- 6kinjlhi the cold ear ; ?? Auitruian Dip1lwacy, - And WItUL electra stpark, as they dashed along the Flash'd on Europe like the blaze of her ancient beacon firea. c Simple words; yet ?? in might, Telling of wrongs that ne'er ...

... THE COURT. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. - 11er Majesty will hold a Privy Colincil at Buckinghiam Palace on the 23rd inst., to give her formal assent to the Royal Speech. Ti'o date of the arrival in town, for the London season, of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Royal flimily, and the ladics and gentlemen of the Court, will, it is said, be the 15th of February. The Marquis of Clanricarde left Desart ...

... THE ILIVERPOOL POULTRY EXHIBITION. The sgventh annual Liverpool exhibition of poultry .was opened yesterday, at Messrs. Lucas and Co.'s carriage repository, Great Chairlotte-street, which, as usual, wae audmirably fitted up for the reception of the feathered tribe. In consequence of the high entrance fees, the stock perhaps is not so large am may have b-en witnessed- in other parts of the ...

... I .-IItti aturt, ?rf, Fiat. Thi, Latwe ?? . ad Barrett, at Forfiar thirastionerek SFleet Street, offered to wies pubic auctioO- Ftodefl's Royal Gallery of British -M Art, forty-eight~ engraved plates, the uroduction Carih of which cost L.50,0 00.Sl o .0 tion wi MessHurst and Blackett have in the press us aug gtue Man of the People, in three volumes, by people, Mr William Howitt, and new ...

... *POE'TRY. A SONG FOR THE RAGGED SCHOOLS. To work, to work! ye good and wise, Let - ragged scholars grace your schools; Ero Christian children call arise, They must be train'd by Christian rules. We ask no fragrance from the bud Where canker-vermin feeds and reigns; We seek no health-pulse in the blood Where poison runneth in the veins. And can we hope that harvest fruits In desert bosoms can ...

... There are at present being exhibited in the galleries of Messrs Smith and Philpot, 79 George Street, a large number of remarkably fine paintings and engravings-the engravings to be sold to-day, and the paintings to-morrow. Among the latter are many highly valuable specimens ef modern masters; so valuable, in- deed, that the wonder is how some of them can have found their way to a public sale. ...

... This especial favourite of the public gave his annual concert and ball on Tuesday evening last toa fulland fashionable assemblage of his friends and pupils. The programme comprised many favourite and popular works, both vocal and instrumental. The principal vocalists comprised the Misses S. Cole, Eyles, Emma Martyn, Medora CollIns, Leffler, Annie Cox, Warcup (pupil of Mr. George Genge); Messrs ...

... vottrg. THE WIDOW'S WAKE. DEEP in the midnight lane, Where glimmering tapers feebly pierce the gloom, Through many a winking pane, AU tearful in the rain, The widow lies within her naked room. Coldly the widow lies, Though woe and want can touch her never more; And in her beamless eves, Grief's well, that rarely dries, Never again shall hoard its oozy store. Coldly the widow lies. God's mighty ...

... IN MEIMORIAM. Non, Torquati. genus, non to facundia, non to Restituet piataos.-Hoa. ATu! never more shall wife or sister greet Those eves where heaven-born purity Looked mildly oat, and in whose placid seat The soul of honor held her high security. No more we'll hear his rallying voice, Hiis merry laugh or tender tone- Shall with his joy no more rejoice, Or charns his sadness from its throne ...

... LIT.E14TUBE. is- On the Origin of Species by 2/sans of Natural ter Selection; or, the Preservation of Favoured Races y- i the Struggle for Life. By CHIARLES DARWIN, 8- M.A., Fellow of the Royal, Geological, Linnean, he Lc., Societies. Author of A Journal of Re- ,as searches during Her Majesty's ship Beagle's ,ly Voyage Round the World. London John he Murray, Alblemarle-dtreet. a11e scientu; ...

... (PFromWD ),e CP{d of Vermont.J Goi!goin going! Who bids fgr the mother's care? Who bids for the blue-eyed g*ri7 Her A in is fair, and her eoft brown hair Is guiltless Of a courl' The nmothey claesped her babe With an ann tbat love made strong; [She ohie4ived norih, your hel,; Told' of tberpirit'ro .g eyeed Sh garzed fom the hitlet crowd, But no pitying glance she saw, For the crushing foe ...

... The Late Bounslow Amateuir Vifeatieal Entertainment. I PIOLOGUE WRITTEN FO1 THE oCCA'4IN Ut LORD WILLIAOI LENNOX. SrotZlr BY J. MITCHELr, EsQ., ANVD ineF. JOHN 1t S1 l- Jan. 4, 1860. Gent. Like a young lover, in whose anxious face His modest yet ambitious hopes you tra:e, To plead the cause of our untutored band, And claim indulgence from their friends-I btetl:lC Yet let us hope no critics ...